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History: Algiers, Algeria is known as “ Alger la Blanche” for its white buildings gleaming on the Mediterranean. The city’s pinnacle of historic splendor, Algiers casbah, crowns this hilltop. It is a maze of stone warrens.
Another Muslim country that has done a great job in brainwashing their people. We had to have a special police escort, every corner we passed had police with Uzi’s, but we were told numerous times this was the seventh safest city in the world, right up there with Switzerland. Medical, education, food are all free or...

The port talk yesterday warned that Algeria is not set up for cruise tourists, especially a ship this big. Algiers does not have official tourist visas for just one day, so all the tours are treated like a state department visit. Police and military escorts everywhere. No getting off the ship unless you are on a ship organized excursion. Also, don’t expect any restrooms along the way except for the one tour that stops at a hotel. The Casbah was described as rundown and somewhat abandoned. The streets are so narrow that the trash is picked...

With no kids left at home, Terry and I are living in Alicante, Spain this fall. Alicante is an unassuming but delightful mid-sized Spanish city situated on the Mediterranean south of Valencia, with an international airport that offers a one hour, direct flight to Algiers, Algeria.
For the past year, Terry has been commuting to Algiers once or twice per month, helping a former business colleague start a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant that will make oncologic medications. The project brings together a successful Algerian business family...

Algeria was a delight from the minute we hopped off the plane. It is a country that prevents independent travel, so we had a guide for our entire visit. On arrival, we were struck by how different it was to Morocco- orderly freeways, seatbelts and polite drivers. Algiers is a hilly, Mediterranean capital with wonderful blue and white French colonial architecture. Our logistics man- Ahcicene, a former restauranteur, sommelier and seaman who had recently returned to Algeria after 27 years abroad, couldn’t be more helpful. Our guide, Said, a...